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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Ada's Slide To Oblivion ...
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 20:43:34 -0800
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Richard Riehle wrote:

> In response to Richard Riehle's note that he had a letter to
> the editor being published in this Sunday's San Jose Mercury
> News in which he mentions Ada,
>
> Eric Merritt wrote:
>
> > for those of us who do not live in san jose can you
> > post the content?

Well, they printed my letter to the editor, some of it.  Unfortunately,
they edited the letter and deleted the sentences in which I reference
Ada.  So the letter ended up substantially diluted from what I had
intended.   Sighhhhhhhhhhhh!.   Well, I tried.

Richard Riehle